What do you know?

Test yourself as our Bicentennial year ends

By Tom Castaldi for Fort Wayne Magazine

Wednesday, January 18th, 2017

The Great Lakes Region of New France in 1755, courtesy of the Library of Congress

With the conclusion of Indiana’s 200th anniversary as the 19th state admitted to the Union, anyone following the Bicentennial Celebration could learn a great deal of Hoosier history. Last January’s “Along the Heritage Trail” quiz took a look at some subjects to be covered during the Bicentennial year. Readers waded through the fourth edition of “A Fort Wayne History Quiz” taking a look at our part of the state around 1816, when Indiana joined the Union. Start off 2017 renewed by choosing the correct answers about the Three Rivers region two centuries ago.

1. When locating a site for Indiana’s State Capital in 1816, which town was not considered a candidate, according to Fort Wayne Magazine’s Along the Heritage Trail?
A Indianapolis
B. StrawtownC. Terre HauteD. Fort Wayne

2. Which of the following are mentioned as the definition of “Hoosier”?
A. “Husher,” a rough and tumble sort not to be crossedB. “Hoozeer,” anything unusually largeC. “Harry Hoosier,” an African-American evangelistD. All of the above

3. What was the first true east-west street laid out in Fort Wayne?A. Barr StreetB. Jefferson BoulevardC. Lewis StreetD. Columbia

4. What counties have served today’s Three Rivers Region?A. Randolph CountyB. Allen CountyC. Knox CountyD. All of the above

6. Who served as an Indian Agent stationed at Fort Wayne?
A. William Turner
B. John Hay
C. John Tipton
D. All of the above

7. To which town was the Indian Agency moved to from Fort Wayne in 1828?
A. WabashB. PeruC. LogansportD. Lafayette

8. “Ben Hur” author General Lew Wallace visited Fort Wayne:A. To visit familyB. On a book signing tourC. Passing through on the way to DetroitD. To walk the portage route to Roanoke

9. During the Siege of Fort Wayne, who escorted the women and children to safety?A. Spemica LawbaB. Adopted son of General Benjamin, Logan, nephew of TecumsehC. Captain LoganD. All of the above

10. What year did federal troops depart and abandon Wayne’s fort as a military stronghold?A. April 19, 1819B. July 4, 1818C. Feb. 22, 1817D. Dec. 30, 1816

11. Who said, “I have found a way to get into Lake Erie, and you have shown me how to get out of it”?A. Oliver Hazard PerryB. New York Gov. DeWitt ClintonC. Wallace A. BriceD. Gen. William Henry Harrison

12. How much an acre in what is today’s downtown Fort Wayne did John Barr and John McCorkle pay in 1823?A. $1.25B. $16.50C. $20D. $26